Monthly Archives: September 2012

What is the question I receive most frequently from the Christians I’m discipling? “Is it a sin to [X]?” Books may be written about the far more glamorous themes of discipleship–subjects like calling, spiritual gifts, and church planting and multiplication–but … Continue reading →

There it sits, right smack in the middle of the Great Commission. Matthew 18:20a: …teaching them to obey everything that I’ve commanded you… Given that this is how Jesus constitutes the discipling task he intends for each of us to … Continue reading →

What in the world prompts Jesus to say in Matthew 28:20, “…teach them to obey everything I have commanded you”? Wouldn’t the Great Commission have made more sense if he had said: “…and tell them that when I was on … Continue reading →